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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16
A MilliOnaire's MausOIeum.

y. J. DreXel, the millionaire banker
and the head of the firm of Drtxcl & Co.,
has built IA magnificent tomb in Wood
land Cemetery, West Philadelphia, by
the banks of the silvery Schuylkill Liver.
1t is an imposing structure in the form Of
a Greek temple, with stately columns and
richly carved corniccs, all of the purest
white Italian marble Its roof is an imi-
tation of the ParthenOn at Athens.
The mausocum has been built mainly
with an idea of strength. It's sides are
far more massive than those of u bank
vault. The entrance is guarded by iron
and steel doors of great thickness, studded
with heavy bolts. The door of the tomb
is seven feet thick. In the collins inside
are the bodies of Mae, Mr. Drexel's mar
ried daughter; of Frank, his eldest son,
and of one or two others. The collins
are wonders of cost and rare workman
ship. The mausolcum is always the first
thing to catch the strangers eye walking
in Woodland Cemetery, near the Schuyl-
kill. 1t is watched day and night by
guards. Mr.. DreXel is said to have we'll
grounded fear of grave robbers.
Old oaks and hickories overhang the
Drexel tomb, and its door, through which
the body of the great banker will be car
ricd some day, faces the rising sum-
Nep York World
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16
Easter Island Images.

Lieut.. Stone, who secured the prchis-
toric stone image from Easter Island, in
the Pacific Ocean, for the Smithsonian
Institution, while attached to the Mo
hican, stated to Star reporter that the
image, which is now on its way here, is
about eight feet high, four feet wide and
three feet thick. 1t is roughly carved or
hewed. A head of another image was
also secured, and some of the officers OBJ
tanned by purchase other curiosities,
which could not be obtained elsewhere,
which the Smithsonian will probably take
off their hands The images, he said, are
scattered all over the island, although
many of them have been thrown from their
pedestals and broken. 1t was customary
for the natives to erect them over the
cemeteries. They would bury their dead
in cells, with stone walls on three Sides
and with an inclined wall of earth at the
rear. They would cover over the burial
cells and form top of fagstones to the
platform, on which would be placed from
three to a dozen images overlooking the
sea- according to the size of the platform
The images were made from conglomeratc
stone in the side of crater, and hewn
with stone axes, and by cutting through
single stratum the image could be easily
separated from the next stratum, and then
moved on an incline and erected The
images are of different sizes, the largest
one being about seventy feet long, but
this was never removed, and lies i'll its
bed in the side of the crater, where the
work was commenced. The statue Sc
cured by the Mohican was found about
two miles from the shore. 1t took about
eighty men two days to bring it down on
rollers. Lieut.. Stone and the present
inhabitants know nothing about the
images or the frcsco decorations of the
houses, but they intuitively bury their
dead in close proximity to these statues.
-Wdstington STIR.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16
A Revolutionary Relic.

Rev. J. G. Ferlandt, of Kaskaskia, ILL.,,
has in his possession one of the quaintcst
relics of revolutionary times that has
been brought to light for long time
Only few days ago IL resident of Old
Kaskasia, while engaged in some pursuit
near the caving banks of the river, dis
covered an old, black looking strip Of
metal which, upon being cleaned and
polished, proved to be "a piece of pure
silver about three and three-fourths
inches wide and ten or eleven inches
long. At each corner are holes one
eighth of an inch in diameter, accom-
panied by small buttons, and the metal
is curved like a cuff, Upon the other side,
running along the edge, is some light
ornamental work done by the carver in
serpentine lines. In the center of the
''cutf" is engraved the British crown, at
one end the initials ar. c., and at the
other the word Montreal is stamped.
There is no date. Rev. Fcrlandt thinks
it is part of the dress of some British
officer who proudly trod the streets OF
Kaskaskia in 1875.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Error in. itself is always invisible; its
nature is the absence Of light
Quarrels are only pardonablc when we
wranglc with our own viciousness.
He who makes child happy receives
an encore from the angels in the gallery
One of the penalties of lying is the dis
trust of the liar when he speaks the truth
The pain of life but sweetens death T;
the hardest labor brings the soundest
sleep.
Circumstances are the rulers of the
weak they are but the Instruments of
the wise.
Passions are likened best to foods and
streams the shallow murmmr but the
deep are dumb.
True benevolence is to love all men.
Recompense injury with justice, and kind
ness with kindness.
Reputation is what men and women
think of us; character is what God and
the angels know of US.
1t will be found that they are the weak
est-minded and the hardest hearted men
that most love change.
True politeness is perfect ease and free
dom. 1t simply consists in treating
others just as you love to be treated your
self.
Every man who rises above the com
mon level receives two educations. First,
from his instructors; the second, the
most personal and important, from him
self.
When private virtue is hazardcd upon
the perilous cast of expediency, the pill
lars of the republic, however apparent
their stability, are infected with decay at
the very centre.
Among all the many kinds of first love,
that which begins in childish companion
ship is the strongest and most enduring
when passion comes to unite its forces to
long affection, love is at its springtide.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16
Anecdotes About Beecher.

Mr.. Beecher was very proud of com
pliment paid his preaching by a little
boy who said: II don't know what he
means, but somehow feel better"
When his mother died he was only
three years old, and he did not go to the
funeral. They told him that they had
laid his mother in the ground, and that
she had gone to Heaven. One morning
he was found digging under the window,
His sister Catharine asked him what he
was doing and he replied: why, l am
going to Heaven to find ma
A member of his church once remon-
strated with him for saying funny things
in the pulpit, and he remarked that if he
noticed them coming he tried hard to
steer clear of them, but sometimes they
would pop out in spite of all that he
could do.
Postmaster McLeer, of Brooklyn, re-
ceived this reply once to a notification
that there was dead letter in TIE office
for Mr.. Beecher: 1--WE must all die And
though the premature deccase of my poor
letter should excite a proper sympathy
(and l hope it does, yet am greatly
sustained under the affliction. What was
the date of its death? OF what did it
die2 Had it in its last years proper at
tention and such consolation as benefited
the melancholy occasion! Did it have
any etfects9 Will you kindly see to its
funeral? am strongly inclined to Gre
nation. May ask whether any other
letters of mine are sick-dangerously
sick? If any depart this life hereafter
don't notify me till after the funeral"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16

A Pennsylvania farmer near Phoenix
vile is waging a successful war on the
ground hog, which as every farmer knows,
does much damage to meadows. His
method is to fill a large beer or porter
bottle with powder, letting fuse run
through the cork. He then places the
bottle in the ground hogs hole, with the
fuse projecting outside, taking care to
pack the earth tightly at the mouth of
the hole and close up firmly all other
holes leading to the home of the doomed
tnimal. Then the fuse is fired, and the
result is that all the ground hogs in the
hole are killed by the conclusion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16
AntiIuitY of Gambling.

I believe they played dominoes in
Egypt 5000 years ago for money, and l
dare say the merccnaries of ancient
Carthage shook dice for the remunera-
ton they had for their brutal services.
Poker was known by another name, but
l doubt not that ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS army
antied up in their camp in the warm As
syrian night; and while Brutus was quar-
reling with Cassius in his tent the Roman
soldiery were probably shaking their pros
pective drachmas at some game of chance.
Still, in the nineteenth century, with
civilization in full blast and hundred
religious creeds fighting for the regula-
ton of peoples morals, the three-car(l
monte performers scoop in the astute man
of business and the bunko man lands. the
statesman and the poet just as of old =.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16
A Dream That Was Worth Money.

Mr. Fred j. Clark, a draughtsman at
the Union Pacific shops, dreamed one
night not long ago that he had deposited
Il small sum in bank ut Charlestown.
Mass, many years ago, and that it had
never been drawn out. The impression
of the dream was retained in his mind
until morning. and, as he could rcmem-
Der that he had at one time II small sum
on deposit in the bank, Mr.. Clarke wrote
to friend i'll Boston asking him to in
vestigate the matter. 1t was found that
the dream had been true and the money,
left at interest for twcntyfour years, had
increased to about $500 The necessary
preliminaries were gone through with
and Mr.. Clarke has just received the
amount named above, which stood to his
credit there all that time - omaha Re
puJiicuH.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16

1t is commonly said that Mr. Spofford,
the Librarian of Congress, knows some.
thing about the contents of every volume
in the library. This means that he ha,
slowed away in moderate sized head
500, 900 volumes of various sizes and
bindings. A member of Congress face
tiously said: 81 don't read books, read
Spofford." In that way, he added, he
got the whole library at one glance. A
figure of speech, but not as broad as it
sounds. If a member or Senator wants
quotation that cannot be found in any
Of the Familiar Quotations, and is of
very obscure origin, he goes to Mr.. Spot
ford. If he wants the best authority on
any subject, or, indeed, if he wants to
learn anything that may be found in any
of those thousands of volumas, he goes
to the same source. Members seldom
think of looking at the catalogues.
GREAT BRITAIN has demanded 81. 900 900
from Haytl as settlement in full of all de-
niands, II not paid at once, Tortngas Island
is demanded TO square accounts.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16
In Bed for FOrty.three Years.

A remarkable character of Independ-
ence, Mo-, died there a short time ago
--Louisann. wife of Henry Redewald.
For forty-three years and three months
she had not walked, but was an invalid
confined to her bed. With her husband
she came to lndepe dence from Germany
in 1910, and the house which then be-
came their home was the one in which
she died-a log cabin on Lexington
street. Her disability resulted from
childbirth and her lower limbs have
been entirely useless. She has worked
necessarily with her hands and has made
all manner of needlework. Every stitch
of her burial robe was wrought by her
own hands. She had friend in every boy
and girl in the nH'"hborhood, and
devoted much time to them, instrlcting
and amusing theIr
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16

One of the unique volumes in the world
"a work of great historical value-has
Just come into the possession of Col.
John Hay, former Secretary to Abraham
Lincoln. During the administration of
A Abraham Lincoln. when all the most dis
tinguished generals, statesmen and other
noted persons, both of the North and
South, were to be found in Washington,
Mr.. Brady, the celebrated photographer,
told young man employed as contiden-
tial clerk to one of the officers of Govern
ment that if he would take pains to in
duce distinguished men to come to him
to be photographed, his reward should
be an album, containinga photograph of
every person he obtained. Eagerly ac-
cepting the offer, and going to work sys-
tematically and with natural enthusiasm,
he succeeded, by the most courteous
means, in inducing more than two hun
bred gentlemen to visit Bradys establish
ment As each received his portrait the
young man requested an autograph, and
the total result was an autograph with
more or less cordial expressions attached,
written directly across the foot of each
picture. Very many of the brilliant
lights of that most important and in
teresting epoch have long since passed
into the eternal shadow. Garfield, who
little dreamed he should be President of
the United States when this soldierly
portrait was so clcvcrly sketchcd by that
universal artist, the sun, has here por-
trayed Il face not yet marked with those
mature and thoughtful lines which grew
into his handsome countenance with later
experiences: while grand old Gen. Scott
in that pose of supreme dignity and power
he was so wont to assume, looms from the
little picture even as he did in life; as
Il great mountain towers and broadcnS
above the lesser hills.
Apropos of the picture of Andrew John
son, it will be remembered that immcdi-
ately upon the intelligence of the assass-
nation of Lincoln some little shadow of
suspicion, just momentarily lowered about
the Nicc-President. Had anything def
mite been uttered and pursued, the young
man who made this collection could easily
have eXonerated Mr.. johnson, for at the
very moment when Booth fired the fatal
shot, Andrew Johnson and he We're i'll
quite another part of the city, talking
about and giving and receiving the auto
graph which adorns the historic page
Nep York World.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16

The Cincinnati Enquirer has received
''privately from the Rev. DR.. Bolles of
Cleveland, to whom Mr.. Bcecher himself
told it,, the following story about Mr..
Beecher's early method of physical cxer-
else: His means We're then small and
his domestic surroundings very modest.
But he had clean, dry, and roomy cellar.
He procured to be delivered there u load
of sand. One day he shovclcd it from
one end of the cellar to the other: and
the next day he shoveled it back to its
old position. This he continued until
his brother Tom discovered it, and drove
HIM to the more intelligent and whole
some exercise of the gymnasium
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16
Quite Famous Diamonds.

Among the most famous diamonds now
in Europe is the Orlotf, or Moon of the
Mountain, 1913 carats, once owned by Il
Great Mogul, then by Shah of Persia,
now by the Gar of Russia. This stone
is of the finest water, and its size that OF
a pigeons egg; the shape, however, is
not perfect. The Grand Tuscan is next
in order of weight, 139 IL carats, and
belongs to the Emperor of Austria. 1t
is cut as a rose diamond, and is rather
lessened in value through being of a yell
low tint. The most perfect diamond is
the Regent Its original weight was 4l0
carats, but after being cut as brilliant, it
was reduced to 1877, --L0ad0n Letter,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16

A stale swindlc, which consists in of.
fcring new machinery to Il farmer on easy
terms, and getting him to sign paper
which processes to be an order, but turns
out to be a note for considerable sum,
has not, it appears, yet become obsolete
The latest case is of man who processes
to sell tool-sharpeners, and humbugs the
innocent farmers into signing a note for
1924, payment of which is afterward de-
handed by third party. Moral; Never
put your name to any document which
you do not thoroughly understand, and
never place yourself in the power of a
stranger
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16

The English War Office refused per-
cmptorily to permit the landing in Ire
land of the Gate City Guards of Atlanta
Ga, under uniform. But General Bou-
hanger, the French War Minister, in his
reply to Captain T. F. Burke, the com
mander of the company, says 1T will
afford me ne greatest pleasure to see you
in France with the Gate City Guards,
coming as you do to give testimony to the
patriotic friendship that exists between
the United States and my own beloved
country -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16

Jefferson Davis has written a letter
contradicting the rumor that he was
about to visit Washington. He says
that he will never see the capital again.
at would be pleasant to view the scenes
which were once so familiar to me-" he
adds, Though doubt if l would hardly
recognize the city now, as it has so i'm,
proved and grown. No, l shall never
again see Washington. I'm getting too
old to travel"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16

There are twenty millions of people in
Japan belonging to the agricultural
classes, but of its area of one hundred
millions of acres twelve millions only
are in cultivation, and from these are
produced all the food and textile plants
grown to feed and clothe thirty eight
millions of people. The untitled area
yields only fuel. In Japan vide
bladed mattock is the common implement
of cultivation, the pillow being compare
lively but little used
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16

Ex-President White of Cornell Uni
versity predicts that eventually there will
be formed a great educational system
worthy of this country, in which the
public schools will give the basis, the
colleges the intermediate education and
the universities the most advanced general
and professional instruction
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16
MINING JOURNAL.
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 1e. 1887

The celebrated set of cameo glassware
owned by the late Mrs. Morgan, New
York, of peachblow-vase fame, and which
cost SIS, 900, was sold recently at auction
for 81, $40. But even at those figures it
makes pretty expensive property for the
hired girl to smash.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16

There are victims in all the New York
hospitals of the explosions and accidents
in the construction of the great aque-
duct. The deaths are publicly reported,
but no mention is made of the casualties,
which are almost of daily occurrence.
Several of the hospitals are overcrowdcd
in consequence of this unusual demand
upon their accommodations.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16

A Montana man reached Chicago with
five carloads of good cattle the other day,
sold them at an advantage, and turned
up at Police Court next morning with
seventy-fve cents, which was all that
remained of the thousands of dollars that
he had when he started to take in the
town
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-16

The Parliament of the Colony of Vic
toria has voted the sum of $500, 900 to be
expended in prospecting for gold.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-04-22
WAR ON THE SETTLERS,
Farmers to be Driven from lhcir Lands ut
the Point of the I3ayonet.

MlLwAukEE, April IS IA special to
the Evening Wisconsin says: Company
E. Eleventh Infantry, stationed at Fort
Sul'y, received orders yesterday to proceed
at once to the Winnebago and Crow reser.
vations and drive the settlers from those
lands. The company, under command Of
Captain Meyers, left yesterday evening
and ca'nped at Canning last night. The
orders are reported to he strict, calling for
the destruction OF the property If necessary.
The greatest excitement exists and it
would not be surprising to see miniature
Riel rebellion inaugurated on these lands.
This territory was thrown open by the
Arthur administration in February, 1884,
and thousands of honest settlers
from all parts Of the United States rushed
in and took possession Of claims. Cleve.
lands evocation of Arthur's proclamation
has brought Oh the present crisis.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-04-22
RAMBLER.
Both Legs Broken.

E. 4. Sirn,ns, a brakeman running be-
tween Spring Hill and Silver Bow, met
with painful accident at the latter point
Monday night, which resulted in the break
ing Of both legs a little above the ankle.
1t happened while he was trying to couple
broad gauge engine to narrow gauge
coal car. The drawbar OF the engine is 4
very heavy piece Of iron, and to couple 1t
with narrow car it points slanting. Mr..
Simms missed the car, and the engine
coming right ahead, caught his feet
Luckily he had presence Of mind enough
10 drop down, otherwise he would have
been crushed to death. The engineer
stopped as quickly as he could, but not
until the brakeman's legs had been crushed.
He is now at the St. Nicholas, under the
care Of the company physician, DIR. MUIR
ray, who says it will be two months before
he will fully recovcr.-/"tfr M'""fa'".
The Dillon tribune., 1887-04-22
AFTER TWELVE YEARS.
A Fathers Long Quest Rewarded by
Finding His Daughter.

ROCHESTER, N. ", April ,9.-A mid
die aged gentleman and young lady LETT
the industrial school in this city last even.
ing and took bcrths in sleeper on the
through train at 9:+o O'Clock, bound for
San Francisco The gentleman was tall
and handsome. His companion was his
daughter Mabel, comely girl OF sixteen
summers, who for twelve years has been
separated from her father. during which
time he searched the world over for her.
In the early part Of last February Mr..
Willis, the father, saw an item III the
Dramatic Journal in New York which led
him to believe that thy variety actress.
Mile Lola. knew the whereabouts Of his
children. He found Mile Lola in San
Francisco. She refused to give him any
Information. and he accordingly caused
her arrest, and under compulsion she ad.
mit,ed that she had taken the little girls
from their home She intended 10 make
= variety actress OF Mabel, but found the
child unable to become one on account OF
phys steal trouble, and She took her to
Rochester eish, years ago, where she has
been since, and her sister cannot be found.
Nv Willis is a wealthy Californian and
lives III San Francisco.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-04-22
The Branding Law.

That section I of an act entitled, IAN
act to prevent the branding Of cattle during
certain seasons Of the year," approved
March 10, 1885, be amended so rs to read
as follows:
Sec. I. 1t shall be unla v ful for any per.
son to brand or mark any calf or cattle
that are running at large between the ls'
day OF December Of each year and the
10th day of the month Of May following.
providing tha: any owner Of stock may
brand on his own premises at any time in
the presence Of two responsible citizens.
Any person violating the provisions Of
this act shall be deemed guilty of misde.
meanor, and ON conviction before any
court Of competent jurisdiction shall be
punished by fine Of not less than $as nor
more than $Ioo for each and any animal
thus branded. or BY imprisonment in the
county Jail for term not exceeding six
months, or may be punished by both such
fine and imprisonment in the discretion Of
the court.
The Dillon tribune., 1887-04-22
Large Mexican Land Purchase.

A syndicate composed Of Chicago capi.
talists and United States army officers has
purchased a tract OF 5,ooo,o 900 acres of land
lying in the States Of Coahuila, Durango
and Chihuahua, in Northern Mexico.
The tract is traversed by the Mexican
Central. and also by the International road
which Huntington is building from Eagle
Pass to Laredo. Of this tract $4,000
acres 10 the finest cotton land in the coun.
try. 1t is in the famous Laguna District
Purchases Of 23s,ooo have been made in
the Western part Of chihuahua by Utah
men. As this tract Is adjoining the Nor
mon Colony the purpose Of the purchase
can readily be guessed.
Clayneorn, the Colorado cattleman who
bought 36o,ooo acres in Chihushua about
two years ago, has sold his tract at an ad
vance Of 100 per cent.